On Sat, Jun 23, 2001 at 08:52:12PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > Adam Di Carlo wrote: > > Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net> writes: > > > > > I'm trying to remember when exim got configured in potato installs. Was > > > it even installed as part of the base system back then? Could someone > > > with a test machine do an install and check? > > > > Yes, it would stop and ask you on postinst, IIRC. > > So it was in the base system (what tasksel or dselect selected), but not > in the base.tgz. it was priority important so its the default one selected by tasksel/dselect unless the user overrode it and selected something else. > So I suppose one workaround for the current problem is to not have > debootstrap download exim. Then it will be selected in base-config, and > installed, and can prompt to its hearts content. even better give the user a choice of a couple popular options: exim (default if debian still wishes it so) postfix (many people prefer it) some tiny localhost only mta that just gets cron's mail delivered properly. > Is this workable? i think that makes more sense, i don't really see why we have to have a full MTA in the base system (that is what is installed by debootstrap). -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
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